My local dealer overfilled the engine oil, and it is way above the top hole and near the twist portion of the dipstick. The car had white smoke at startup and weak power for two weeks. I am worried driving with this level of engine oil may have damaged my engine. I am going to ask the dealer to change the oil again, but should I ask them to check anything else? This is more infuriating because this happened when I didn't do the recommended midpipe/muffler replacement ($1600 quote; patched it at home myself). It feels like they intentionally overfilled the oil to mess up my engine or make me come back to replace the exhaust.

So I want to buy this gc8 wrx but the engine is knocking below 2k rpm. The owner said it wasn't that loud before but got loulder after he drove the car like that for a few months. It knocks when it is hot or cold. The price he wants for it is good but i am scared that the sound is rod knock. What do you think?

My fiancé accidentally drained the transmission fluid out of our '23 Impreza instead of the oil. Oops. Our question is: is there any way at all to refill it ourselves (we technically could on our '15 Impreza, even though we "shouldn't"), and if not, is there enough left in there to safely drive it to a shop? It was drained to the point of flow stopping, but we're pretty sure that still doesn't drain 100% of what's in there. Thanks!

Unfortunately still looking for a car but was curious what would best suited for going through the roughest of mountain passes in Colorado and in other states.

Dealer that sold me my 2023 Outback Touring XT, quoted me close to $1200 to get trailer hitch installed. Pretty confident I can get a trailer hitch installed for less, any benefit/reason to go through dealership?

Same dealership also wanted me to trade in my 2015 Crosstrek, offered $4k even though they sold the same exact car (color-wise, year-wise, style-wise, condition, etc.) for $16k just a few weeks ago. That's 25% of the value.

I have a 2019 Subaru legacy limited. It uses wired android auto only. I'm looking into a device to allow for wireless connection and I found the wirelessAA device.

I'm also seeing a lot of other boxes that can allow you to watch Netflix while driving and have access to pretty much any app that you can get on the playstore.

Looks to me that the magic box isn't compatible with Subaru. Does anyone know of an alternative that is compatible?

What hacks have you guys done to the infotainment center?

Thanks. Untrained mammal

My daughter needs a car to bring to college with her and she likes my Wife’s new Forester. I’d like to help her buy one but her budget is lower so she will need an older one. Is there a particular year and or model you would recommend, or alternatively any to avoid? She goes to school two hours away so it needs to be reliable above all else. Cute wouldn’t hurt though. I’m thinking like 2011 or newer.

So I have pulled the motor out of my 2002 wrx. I'm currently going through the engine to replace the head gaskets while I'm in there I was going to replace. oil, head gaskets, valve covers, head bolts coolant Spark plugs, any gaskets I see, rad hoses, but other then those what other things should I replace while the motor is pulled? (And also good places to buy them if possible)

I just changed front brake pads on my 2018 Crosstrek at 115k miles and I’m wondering if these were the factory pads. I bought the car at around 65k from a dealer but they didn’t mention a brake refresh. Generally I use low gear for slowing down (no paddle shifters, lol base model) but there’s no way I’m saving my brakes that much, right?!?

Hi,

I'm planning to purchase a 2015 Subaru WRX but it has an issue. On startup heavy white smoke comes out for 2 seconds before going back to seemingly normal. The smoke smells like oil and theres a small hint of blue, but its primarily white and long lasting in the air. It only lasts for 2 seconds every startup. Oil looks normal, and car drives pretty well.

I've looked into it and it may be head gasket but people would say it needs to be consistent white smoke that lasts even after the 2 seconds.

The engine is forged, and it is FBO. Tuned on a stock turbo but now it is running a TD06 with further tune. Could any of these factors play a part in the smoke? Or would it still be headgasket?

Thanks.

Hi! So I have a 2020 Subaru legacy which I brought in 2021 with about 27,000 miles on it (idk how the previous owner put that much on the car in less than a year but that’s beside the point). At the time of purchase I opted for the gold plus warranty for this car. Now I have a question.. when exactly am I covered until? I am at 72,000 miles currently. Would this be 80k from the mileage I purchased the car at? I was potentially weighing my options in terms of getting a new car if that’s the case because I’d rather not be in it if im not fully covered plus I’m on year 3 of being in it. My Subaru app says that I am “covered” until 12/2025 but doesn’t tell me the mileage in which I’m covered until.

So a bum smacked my car while I was in a parking lot and then proceeded to look at me and shrug his shoulders like “whatchu gonna do about it” hands in the air gorilla fight mode style and then just started ripping trash out of a garbage can.

I’m going to try pulling it with a suction cup and putting a dab of nail polish or something on the cracked paint where the screw that holds the taillight clip in pushed out.

My biggest worry is the airbag sensor in there. Can I just unplug the battery and touch the leads together to unload the transistors or whatever? (idk shit about electrical)

I was pretty fucking upset and still am but not really anything I can do here in the great state of California. I’m just happy it didn’t set off the bags and total my car. Now I want to try to fix it and avoid the same fate.

What’s the best way to avoid tripping the sensors? I’m sure I probably wouldn’t but I’ll take the extra precautions.

Is there any wiper arm on the driver side that I can change to a regular j hook instead of the big j hook one

When I'm just using bluetooth, everything is great; I can see the map on my iPhone, audio is through the car media--perfect.

But if I plug in the phone to charge, all the rules change. The audio is coming from somewhere else and I can no longer see the map on the phone.

I just want to charge the phone; I don't want to change how it works.

Anyone else run into this or have a suggestion?

Edit: thanks for the replies, everyone! Think I have my solution--a data blocker.

https://a.co/d/6UEixCX

Hi folks, I have a 2015 Legacy and I was wondering how to update iGO navigation system. I live in North America and I tried searching online for guides but I just kept me in what felt like circles. I'm obviously not very good with this sort of thing. Thanks.

It shows eyesight listed as a feature on all the other trims, but not on the touring trim.

I’ve tried searching google, the Subaru website, this sub, can’t find nothing.

TIA

I have a bug eye spec c, also a car painter by trade. I'm planning on painting it in the upcoming month or so but can't decide on keeping it the 51e flat white or doing something different. I painted a new boot lid in audi ls9r glacial white pearl to throw on and see if it would suit the car.I'm open to full colour change but cbf doing the engine bay. What's your favorite colour? Would you go custom? Keep it factory?

I bought my suburu forester sport 2021 about 2.5 years ago for 32,800 and bought a gold plus plan 8 year/80,000 miles 100 dollar deductible for 1,695 dollars back in 2021.

In those 2.5 years I have put 15k miles on the car and feel like I really don't need the extended warranty. I went back and they said I would get 1K back due to it being prorated. Does that seem accurate and due to the amount of miles I put on the car does the gold plan seam worth it?

I just don't think I should have gotten it from the beginning and have never had any issues with my car but at the same time I am done paying off my suburu this August and think it just might be worth keeping since I am almost done paying it off. I will definitely try to hold onto this car for 8 years or more as long as l don't give into temptations.

Also I should say I feel like I got ripped off looking at what people payed for their gold plus plan but idk how valid that is.

I have a 1996 EJ25 DOHC swapped into a 1991 VW Vanagon.

Engine rebuilt from the small block and everything is great until about 30mph where there's power loss.

Does anyone know a great, experienced Subaru guy in Northern Virginia willing to take a look?

I'm at my wits end and feel like I've tried everything. I need an expert.

The look on the Tomei TI Exhaust 3'' looks so much better, and it sounds better too. But what do you guys think? Waste of money? I have an Invidia Catted Downpipe as well.